Belsano Police Jail

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The Belsano Police Jail is located at 138 Duman Road in Belsano, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Blacklick Township Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Belsano Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Belsano Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belsano Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Belsano Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Belsano Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Belsano Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Belsano Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 814-749-7676 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Belsano Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Belsano Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Belsano Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belsano Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Belsano Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Belsano Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Cambria County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Belsano Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belsano Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Belsano Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-749-7676 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Belsano Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Belsano Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 814-749-7676

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Belsano Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Belsano Police Jail, click the link below.

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